Taxpayers to lose Homestead credit, not deduction

April 15, 2011

COLUMBIA CITY â€” Auditors offices around the area are being inundated with phone calls lately because of taxpayer confusion surrounding the word â€śHomestead.â€ť
â€śWe had 94 calls in two days,â€ť said Whitley County Auditor Jen McGuire.
She said that number is low because itâ€™s just the number of callers who talked to one employee in her office.
â€śHe kept track,â€ť she said.
The confusion â€” the elimination of a three-year homestead credit on Indiana tax bills.
According to McGuire, taxpayers are confusing this with the Homestead Deduction, which is a discount afforded to local taxpayers when they pay their property taxes.
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